Former KKR spinner indicted for match-fixing in Lanka Premier League
The 40-year-old played one Test, 49 ODIs and 24 T20 Internationals for Sri Lanka between 2012 and 2016 for a combined haul of 78 wickets. He was a member of Sri Lanka's 2014 T20 World Cup-winning squad.According to local media reports, he made the corrupt approach to another national player, Tharindu Ratnayake, who was playing for Colombo Kings at that time."Senanayake is also alleged to have contacted two other cricketers participating in the inaugural LPL in 2020 via telephone from Dubai, attempting to persuade them to engage in match-fixing," a report in the Sri Lankan 'Daily Mirror' stated.
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